I’m not a bottleneck! I’m a free man!

Biography

Pierre Hervouet is the founder of Agile Lebanon and has been an active promoter of agile methodologies since 2009.
He has over 25 years of professional experience, where he addressed all dimensions of the software industry; from business analysis to development, implementation and project management, as well as, sales and marketing.
He worked in Paris, and then moved to Lebanon 2001, where he worked at Khatib & Alami, one of the major Lebanese engineering company. He held the post of manager of the Business Performance & Business Development departments until July 2012.
It is after the XP days 2009 in Paris, that he started his journey in Agile. Since then, he has implemented Agile methodologies with his 2 teams at K&A, and later, as a consultant in different Lebanese companies. He created in 2013 a startup (Proximity Agency).
He had a DESS (master degree) in “contrôle de gestion” (control management) from Paris I Sorbonne. He is certified PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner) CSM (Certified Scrum Master) and CSPO (Certified Scrum Product Owner)

Description

The Theory of Constraints offers a simple but effective process improvement process: the “5 focusing steps”. The 5 steps consist of continuously:
• Making the goal of the system explicit
• Finding the bottleneck where the system’s constraint lies
• Exploiting the constraint to get the most value
• Subordinating every decision to the constraint
• Elevating the bottleneck
The session introduces the Theory of Constraints, Lean and Agile with a playful simulation. After the simulation, participants apply the techniques to real-world cases in a workshop.

Prerequisites

Willing to enjoy game

Benefits for the attendees

Experience how the “Five Focusing Steps” from the Theory of Constraints quickly makes clear where and how to improve processes. Play with Lean and Agile techniques in a simulation.